Moliere Quotes
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de. The Learned Ladies. Translated by Richard Wilbur, Dramatists Play Service, 1978, p. 60.
He meant to say “repository” and not “suppository”. The latter is a capsule of medicine that is placed inside the rectum.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière".
